Wings content to wait it out
George at Snapshots pointed his readers to an article in the Windsor’s Star, which tells us that GM Ken Holland is in British Columbia right now on his annual summer vacation. Management is content with the current roster and is in no rush to sign a forward who could only fit on the third or fourth line. The team has $5 million to spend, but wants to use it on a higher end forward (most of whom have already signed with a team).
“We’d like to add a top-six forward, but in all honesty there’s just not much left in the free agent market that would fit our needs,” Wings senior vice president Jim Devellano said.
“We have about $5-million to spend, but we’re not just going to whittle it away on third- or fourth-line players. We’re content to wait. That’s a lot of money to have available at the trade deadline.”
The only two names left on the market that would intrigue the Wings are Peter Forsberg and Teemu Selanne.
Devellano confirmed the Wings’ brass has given more than casual thought to approaching either player if they decide to play next season.
“They would fit our needs nicely, but only for the short term,” Devellano said. “There has been some discussions about them, but no one knows for sure what they’re going to do yet. But certainly either one would fit our need for a top-six forward.”
On defense, the Wings are quite comfortable with allowing younger defenseman from the Grand Rapids Griffins to come up and grow. The team would love to have Danny Markov return, but only if he takes a salary similar to the one year deal worth $2.5 million that he made last year with the Wings.
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